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Tlie Mocking Bird, Turdus pohjglottus, ... 108 



The Purple Martin, Hirundo purjmrea, . . • 115 



The Yellow-breasted Warbler, or ^ ^ , ,m 



> Sylvia Trichas, . . . J ^ 1 

 Maryland Yellow-throat, . • J 



Roscoe's Yellow-throat, .... Sylvia Eoscoe, .... 124 



The Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, . . . 126 



Improvements in the Navigation of the Mississippi, . . . 130 



The Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis, . . 135 



The Red- headed Woodpecker, . . Picus erythrocephalus, . . 141 



The Solitary Fly-catcher, or Vireo, Vireo solitai-ius, .... 147 



The Towhe Bunting, Fringilla erythrophthalma, . 130 



Vigors's Warbler, ...... Sylvia Vigorsii, .... 153 



A Flood, 155 



The White-headed Eagle, .... Falco leucocephalm, . . . 160 



The Black-billed Cuckoo, .... Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, 170 



The American Goldfinch, . . . . Fringilla tristis, . . . . 172 



The Worm-eating Warbler, . . . Sylvia vennivora, . . . . 177 



Children's Warbler, Sylvia Childreniii 180 



Meadvtlle, . 182 



The Stanley Hawk, Falco Stanleii, 186 



The Golden-winged Woodpecker, . Pictis auratus, ' . . . • 191 



The Kentucky Warbler, .... Sylvia formosa, . ... 196 



The Crested Titmouse, . . . . Parus hicolm, 199 



The American Redstart, .... Muscicapa Ruticilla^ . . 202 



The Cougar, 205 



The Ruffed Grouse, Tetrao Umbellus, . . . . 211 



The Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, .... 221 



The Cedar Bird, Bombycilla carolinensis^ . . 227 



The Summer Red Bird, .... Tanagra cestiva, .... 232 



Traill's Fly-catcher, Muscicapa Traillii, . . . 236 



The Earthquake, 239 



The Barred Owl, . . . . . . Strix nebulosa^ 242 



The Ruby- throated Humming Bird, Trochilus colubris, . . . 248 



The Azure Warbler, Sylvia azurea, 235 



